Introduction: In an effort to improve health outcomes and promote health equity, healthcare systems have increasingly begun to screen patients for unmet social needs and refer them to relevant social services and community-based organizations. This study aimed to identify factors associated with the successful connection (ie, services started) to social needs resources, as well as factors associated with an attempt to connect as a secondary, intermediate outcome.
Methods: This retrospective cohort study included patients who had been screened, referred, and subsequently reached for follow-up navigation from March 2019 to December 2020, as part of a social needs intervention at a federally qualified health center (FQHC).
Although the number of tuberculosis cases in the US is at an all-time low, with progressive declines seen for the past 17 years, many goals in the tuberculosis elimination process remain unrealized. This report describes a cluster of four tuberculosis cases in a family, including one case of acquired multidrug resistant tuberculosis. It also underscores some important issues in tuberculosis control today, including significant disparities in the foreign-born population with multidrug resistant tuberculosis as a looming problem, as well as utilization of therapeutic drug level monitoring in complicated cases.
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March 2012
Sexually active young adults and adolescents experience a majority of the burden of sexually transmitted diseases in the United States and public health resources are appropriately directed at these age groups. However, sexual health of older adults is often ignored. An analysis of sexually transmitted disease surveillance data from the Louisiana Office of Public Health show that both the numbers and rates of primary and secondary syphilis cases have increased in older age groups over the past 10 years.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLike any sound business or investment strategy, diversification among different revenue sources should be part of a well-rounded health care philanthropy strategy. Individual giving has historically comprised the bulk of charitable contributions to nonprofit organizations, and that trend likely will continue. Not to be neglected, however, is charitable giving by corporations and private foundations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNational and international studies have suggested in the past that there are disparities based on the race of the patient for the diagnoses of schizophrenic disorders. The purpose of this study was to look for the same disparities in Louisiana inpatient population based on LAHIDD (Louisiana Hospital Inpatient Discharge Database) data from the years 2000 to 2003. We also looked for co-morbid substance and alcohol-related mental disorders in the same patient population.
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